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Andrew T. Jacovina, Arunkumar B. Deora, Qi Ling, M. Johan Broekman, Dena Almeida, Caroline B. Greenberg, Aaron J. Marcus, Jonathan D. Smith, Katherine A. Hajjar
Published in Volume 119, Issue 11
J Clin Invest. 2009; 119(11):3384–3394 doi:10.1172/JCI39591
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Figure 6
Effect of hyperhomocysteinemia on corneal pocket neoangiogenesis.

(A) Corneal angiogenesis in mice maintained on chow, Gly, or Met diets. Following implantation of bFGF-containing pellets, mice received 5 daily tail vein injections of either BSA or rA2. Shown are representative photographs of corneal neovessels. (B) Neovascular area shown as mean values ± SEM, n = 3. *P < 0.01 versus all other groups. (C) Neovascular area from corneal pocket assays in Anxa2+/+ and Anxa2–/– mice on chow, Gly, or Met diets. Shown are mean values ± SEM, n = 9. *P < 0.001. (D) Confocal immunofluorescence analysis of corneal neovessels in mice maintained on the Met diet and treated with i.v. BSA or rA2 as described in A. On day 5, corneal tissue was harvested and stained with anti–MECA-32 (red), Penta-His IgG (green), and DAPI (blue). Original magnification, ×75. (E) Sections prepared as described in D were stained with rabbit anti-human fibrin(ogen) IgG (brown) and rat MECA-32 IgG (blue). Original magnification, ×800.